Conditions
Ischaemic Stroke
4 articles published between December 5, 2025 and September 23, 2026.
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EXPLAINERFace, arm, speech, time is the message that saves lives. But in one US stroke centre 14% of ischaemic strokes had no FAST sign at all — and every minute of delay costs an estimated 1.9 million neurons.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSLIBREXIA-ACS enrolled 14,194 patients before stopping for futility. Milvexian did not reduce events, but intracranial and fatal bleeding were identical to placebo, which is the class's whole premise.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSIn ATTRACTION, tirofiban given after successful thrombectomy left more stroke patients independent at 90 days than placebo, though symptomatic brain bleeds trended higher and were not significantly different.
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ANALYSISEngland ran the closest thing to a national test of clinical AI anyone has published. The software sites gained more, but the comparison sites were improving on their own, and that gap is the whole result.
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